On Tue, 20 Jul 1999, Matt Stegman wrote:
> You might try to use the "-h" option on pump (to request a specific
> hostname). Make sure you have the latest version of pump (0.6.7-2mdk I
> believe). If so, you might want to try a different DHCP client (i.e.
> dhcpcd).
>
> I believe the pump commandline for the hostname thing would be
> pump -i eth0 -h $HOSTNAME
> I hear (by way of Axalon) that some DHCP servers require the client to
> specify a hostname.
> "man dhcpcd" could tell you more, but it doesn't work on my system, and
> the pump man page isn't very verbose on that subject (or any other).
>
> dhcpcd is available for download from:
> http://www.cps.msu.edu/~dunham/out/dhcpcd-1.3.17-pl2.tar.gz (for
> 2.2 kernels)
>
> -Matt
Theres also an rpm in the cooker, http://www.linux-mandrake.com/cooker
> On Mon, 19 Jul 1999, Theo Brinkman wrote:
>
> > I'm having trouble getting hooked up to the network at work. We're
> > using DHCP, but my machine doesn't seem to be getting assigned an IP
> > address.
> > --
> > On boot I see:
> > Bringing up eth0
> > Delaying initialization of eth0 [FAILED]
> > --
> > When I run ifconfig, I see the following for eth0:
> >
> > eth0 Link encap: Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:86:35:95:EA
> > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MTU:1500 Metric:1
> > RX packets:5 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> > TX packets:15 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> > collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
> > Interrupt:9 Base address:0x300
> > --
> > After wards, eth0 quietly vanishes, leaving just the 'lo' entry.
> >
> > - Theo
> >
>
>
